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Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by JacKTrocinskI » Mon, Aug 03, 2020, 9:35 AM UTC

throwmeaway2344 wrote: post #40

exanimo_sai wrote: post #26

The takeaways from this potential acquisition for me: - The splinternet is real - as a foreign business with US interests be aware which side of the splinternet you are positioned. (Stratechery wrote a good piece of the four way split of the internet between US, China, India and EU https://stratechery.com/2020/india-jio-and-the-four-internet... ) - While this may appear as a weird adjacency for Microsoft to go into t…

MSFT will do whatever it takes to keep that JEDI contract

How does this relate to the JEDI contract?

Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by JacKTrocinskI » Mon, Aug 03, 2020, 9:37 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #16

kshacker wrote: post #14

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Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github), we got you covered.

> Whether you want to dance (TikTok) or code (github), Or work (LinkedIn)

Or talk (Skype)

Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by shalmanese » Mon, Aug 03, 2020, 9:54 AM UTC

tdhoot wrote: post #7

TMWNN wrote: post #5

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More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest. No way Congress or the administration would condone any of the companies whose CEOs testified on Capitol Hill this week buying TikTok.

Amazon and Apple don't really have a social media presence either.

Amazon has Twitch

Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by bromuro » Mon, Aug 03, 2020, 11:14 AM UTC

someperson wrote: post #48

mike00632 wrote: post #46

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1. If the reasoning is that a hostile foreign government could use sensitive data against the US and thus shouldn't be allowed to collect such data then such policy is being arbitrarily enforced. There are other companies (FaceApp comes to mind) that collect data on Americans that don't have such scrutiny from the executive branch. Furthermore, American companies that collect sensitive data regularly give access to f…

I agree with you that the use of CIFIUS as a broader strategy should be debated by Congress rather than just using executive action. The sandboxing by Google and Apple is not relevant given users are willingly giving TikTok access to the camera, GPS etc. The sensitive information includes the ability to build detailed user profiles (including psych evaluations) of every TikTok user in the world. At least that's my im…

Well the US companies that control our smartphones could force the app to not access most of these data, eg like blocking the GPS.

Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by JetSpiegel » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

JacKTrocinskI wrote: post #61

throwmeaway2344 wrote: post #40

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MSFT will do whatever it takes to keep that JEDI contract

How does this relate to the JEDI contract?

10 billions in guaranteed revenue over 10 years is not something to scoff about.

Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:18 PM UTC

someperson wrote: post #48

mike00632 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. If the reasoning is that a hostile foreign government could use sensitive data against the US and thus shouldn't be allowed to collect such data then such policy is being arbitrarily enforced. There are other companies (FaceApp comes to mind) that collect data on Americans that don't have such scrutiny from the executive branch. Furthermore, American companies that collect sensitive data regularly give access to f…

I agree with you that the use of CIFIUS as a broader strategy should be debated by Congress rather than just using executive action. The sandboxing by Google and Apple is not relevant given users are willingly giving TikTok access to the camera, GPS etc. The sensitive information includes the ability to build detailed user profiles (including psych evaluations) of every TikTok user in the world. At least that's my im…

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